Do you love to garden but want a way to raise seeds so you can plant them without having to remove them from the pot and risk damage when you plant? Are you eco-inclined and like to recycle? This quick and easy project shows you how to make biodegradable seed raising pots from newspaper that you can plant directly into the ground. You will be ready to plant in less than 10 minutes using materials you have on hand in your home.

1. EASY ECO FRIENDLY SEED STARTER
POTS

2. Difficulty
Level:
Easy
It takes about 10 minutes
to make these pots

3. YOU WILL NEED
Newspaper - half a sheet per pot
A spray can for oil, or a jar
(a wine bottle would even do)
Potting mix
Seeds for vegetables, flowers or herbs

4. Cut the sheets of newspaper in half from
top to bottom along the fold

5. Rotate the sheet so it is a rectangle in the Landscape
orientation
Fold the long top edge down to within about
5cm (2”) of the bottom of the sheet

6. Place the base of the spray can
at the bottom of the doubled up
section

7. Roll tightly

8. Twist and fold the
bit below the can,
pressing it into the
hollow,
or standing the can
up and pressing it
flat against the table

9. Slide gently off the can. It’s as easy as that!

10. Fill your
pots with
soil and
plant your
seeds

11. You
can
make
a mini
greenhouse by
watering your
planted pots and
placing them inside
a plastic bag until
the seeds germinate.

12. To plant your pots into the
garden untwist the bottom of
the pot and plant the pot along
with seedling into your garden.
Water well.

13. Find more easy projects plus
simple ways to live a life that
is good for you
and
good for the planet at
www.onegreensheep.com.au
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